| Indirect Grilling is the act of moving the meat away | | | | of water under it. This will keep the flames from |
| from the hottest part of the fire in the grill. It is then | | | | shooting up and burning the food, which happens |
| cooked slowly, keeping the meat tender, juicy, and | | | | often when cooking over direct heat. |
| full of flavor. Here are some indirect grilling techniques | | | | If you have a gas grill, the whole cooking process is |
| that will lead to the best grilling results: | | | | very much the same. Most gas grills have at least |
| When working with charcoal briquettes or wood | | | | two burners, and that is really all you need for |
| pieces, place all combustible materials on one side, | | | | indirect grilling. If using a two-burner grill, turn one |
| and only at the bottom of the grill or barbecue pit. | | | | burner off, and place the water pan on top of the |
| Leave the other side empty for the time being, and | | | | unlit burner. |
| start your fire just like you normally do. | | | | If you have more than two burners, this give you |
| When the briquettes or wood is covered with a thin | | | | more room to experiment with your indirect grilling. |
| layer of ash, use some barbecue mitts to place a | | | | With a three-burner grill, you can turn on the two |
| 9"by 12" foil pan on the bottom, and on the empty | | | | outside burners, and leave the middle one off. Then |
| side of the grill. Fill the pan halfway with water. Keep | | | | place the water pan on the middle burner. Again, sear |
| adding water periodically as it cooks. The water | | | | the meat over the hot, or outside burners, and then |
| evaporates during cooking, and the steam it puts off | | | | cook for the majority of time over the middle |
| helps keep the meat moist. | | | | burner, or cool area. |
| While the charcoal or wood pieces are heating, clean | | | | With these indirect grilling methods, you can cook |
| the grill (if you did not do it after the last grilling with | | | | just about anything on a grill that you can cook in |
| a wire brush. At this point, oil the grill by using a | | | | your kitchen oven. Bread, cakes, and pies can all be |
| natural bristle brush, dip it into vegetable oil, and run it | | | | baked this way, and with great results. |
| over the food grill. | | | | A barbecue grill is really just an outdoor oven. It has |
| Once the oil is applied, start placing the meat on the | | | | a heat source just like an oven, and has an enclosed |
| hot side of the barbecue grill first. This way you can | | | | box like an oven. You can also control the heat |
| sear the meat for a short time over the higher heat. | | | | almost as effectively as your oven. |
| Cook for 2-3 minutes per side, then move the meat | | | | Try these indirect grilling methods and enjoy some of |
| to the cool side. | | | | the best barbecue and grilled foods you will ever eat. |
| Remember, the cool side is also the side with the pan | | | | |